I think if he’s walking around trying to figure out the meaning to his life or where he went wrong…or even to die…its not really that unrealistic. He just ruined the only relationship he really ever had, and his daughter is now a young adult who hates him and didn’t even invite him to her birthday party. He’s an old man, he is miserable, and probably not too far from death. He’s got a lot to think about and he probably wants to do that alone. If he’s walkin off to die, he was going to be alone when it happened anyways because Alice has been avoiding him, he might as well do it somewhere pretty rather then his little park he probably doesn’t enjoy too much.

This is either an excellent facilitation of a computer application and its inbuilt artificial intelligence to create a story, and document the results; or it is one of the most wonderfull tales being told and created completely by human hand.

And I don’t care which. I would like to think that it is the former, and you only have a small amount of intervention, but as the story is so good I don’t care if it is the later.

Maybe this is his road to a mid-life crisis and some sort of change of heart before his end. One can hope this troubled individual can have something resembling a happy ending, or at least offer some sort of closure to Alice before/when he expires.

From a less whimsical point of view and from what I know of the game though, I’d say you’re trying to kill him off, Ro. As has been stated, his condition is critical and he’s in the middle of an empty field. The way this story’s working, he’s going to need help from someone.. maybe the next chapter is Alice finding him on the verge of collapse and how she handles it?

I don’t like Kev either, but he’s one of my favorite characters too.
Alice is the other one.
And Zeb. o_o
I’m saying one of them because I don’t want to say he’s my number one. XD
He can’t die! NooO!!! HIS GHOST SHALL HAUNT HER FOREVER!! MUHAHAAHAHAHAA..!! (pretending to be Kev)

For some reason I’m thinking about the end of “The Truman Show” right now. Everyone witnessing the hero going away, wondering where he is going… Everyone getting really excited…

Like the movie, I feel this blog is less and less about the heroes, Alice and Kev, and more and more about us, the spectators.
The success of this blog and our interest in the story, what do they tell us about us and about human nature?

I’m really not a fan of “reality shows”, those “Big Brother” productions that we get all the time here in Europe… However, this story I find really captivating. Why is that?
Maybe it’s because it appears appropriate to get interested by fictitious characters whereas prying in real people’s life is just shameful.

Here and there, among the posts, question is raised whether our interest for the story might be exaggerated, inappropriate. Some readers argue that the emotions, sometimes anxiety expressed by others are just ridiculous. “Get a life”, “show interest in real persons rather than fictitious ones” some might think / say.

Let’s think about it. Why couldn’t feel the way we do about this story and its characters? After all, no-one has felt ashamed getting really in a novel, a movie. What’s different about this story?

I guess that this story must be compared to the first novel that was published, the first movie that was released in theatres: it’s telling us, in a new fashion, was it is about to be human: feeling concerned and caring about people we don’t know, perceiving that other part of our brain which not about logics, cause and consequences, rationality, but about feelings, social interactions…

Maybe it’s not the first actually. Getting interested by the blog, I looked over the internet for other similar experiences…
The difference with this one: better ingredients.
– It relates to our fear of experiencing a similar experience as Alice (loss of home, comfort and social life, injustice).
– The manichaeism between the two main characters: good Alice and bad Kev…
– The talent of the narrator.
– The quality of the supporting media: I’ve never played “Sims”, but look at that, everything looks so good and real: the reactions of the characters, the setting… Wow… It looks that with this new release, the story-telling possibilities are just unlimited…

Time to conclude and ,as conclusions should always be, with a question.
Is this blog creating a new “genre” in story-telling, like books and movies did?
I think probably not… The reason for the success here is also because it’s new. Somewhere in our mind, we feel we’re being part of something that had never been done before. And that will fade as more and more quality stories are being blogged over the internet. Think about “the Truman Show”. After a few of those, I’m pretty sure the spectators’ interest would have faded away. We would all realize that at some point, this is more about the way the story is told than the actual story. But what do you think?

I think…that you should create a blog. I’ll be your first subscriber. -_-
(do iiiit)
I think roBurky has unlocked something special and I can’t figure out what, but its awesome. We feel concern for characters…and people are downloading them and helping them out (Alice, anyways). But for some reason it isn’t enough and they keep coming back here to see how she’s ‘really’ doing. WHICH MAKES ABSOLUTLY NO SENSE >:O!!
roBurky, YOU’RE A DEMON, YOU KNOW THAT?!
🙂

I must disagree with your last point. Though some may be reading because its “new” I think that cannot be applied to everyone, and just because more are created does not mean the interest will fade in them. I enjoy reading and the sims (so this is perfect for me), and this is not the first sim story I’ve read. It is by far the best and reading a sim story after this might be difficult to do without comparing. If there were more sim stories of this quality I would continue to read them just as I continue to read the others that are actually written rather poorly. With more better quality stories I believe that it would merely give more choices and I would be able to read those of my interest that are written in a way I enjoy.

Well basically I’m saying that this is not a new concept its just the first with this quality. I suppose it does feel new because most people found this through other sources and those here because its new would probably fade away, just like with every new thing. However this does not mean the general interest will fade. Those who are there for the enjoyment of a good story will stick around searching for the next thing to read. Or maybe I’m just a strange person.

hope that made sense and I didn’t write in circle…sometimes I do because I actually think that way…sorry. lol

are you letting kev kill himself ?? he is crazy, you know. if you do not intervene and actually allow him to go too far away, he will collapse and die before being able to return for food, etc.. his status is already a scary bright red..

If Kev dies, would this end? Or would it be renamed, and focus on either Alice(as the main character), or Alice and other people around her to replace Kev? I hope his death wouldn’t be the end of the story, as Alice still has ways to go in her own life-adventure.

I truly congradulate you on this great story it had me captivated from line 1. I really love it, My family was waiting for me for breakfast but I told them to go ahead without me, I couldnt turn away!!! Thanx to you Alice and Kev. Cant wait to see how it ends. Rhonda (simsadie) BettyJoe@yahoo.com

I wouldn’t be surprised in the least bit if she either just cut it off here and ended the story, or she continues, but we don’t ever hear from Kev again, except maybe in Alice’s little thought bubbles. But either way, I’m just DYING to know where he’s going 🙂

OOOH, *THATS* what he meant. I thought he meant mentally, he’d finally be able to cope with the real world. XD
Yeesh, I hate The Ring. Go away Kev. Shoo! *swipes at PC screen as if theres an insect on it*

HOLY CRAP Y IS KEV WALKING THROUGH A FIELD DYING!?!?!?!?!? Kev’s epic finish would not be a lonely, deep, emotional journey of the Earth. Kev’s epic finish would be trying to rob a police station. And almost pulling it off. Then being shot.

(I hate it when I don’t read the other comments before commenting and then end up commenting as other have; I feel stupid. Anyway, that was my first thought, and while he’s an arse, I would be saddened.)

if this is the end u should just do some simple ending since everyone said all the suprising good stuff….u should pull out a clone of him comes back nice…nah jk
this story is great i was waiting to see what you were gonna do when she got older…and what he was gonna do..
AND again if this is the end…i hope u remake it into youtube version…..or create a new story about w/e….because u have a talent for this….

Could it actually be that Kev finally took one realistic look back on his life and he felt need to take one long walk to think where he stands now in life and how to make some positive change? He maybe is “different”, but could he understand his impact on world?

I hope Kev is just going to a super secret garden or something. I don’t want him to die. I realize he has to die eventually but that would change the story…and hopefully not end it. There’s still so much to be answered

Alice & Zedadias Are Gonna Get Together And Have A Happy Ending… And Kev Is Old Now Anyways, Not To be Mean, But He Hasn’t Got Much Time Left Even Without Intervention.
Happy Ending= Alice & Zedadias Getting Married & Making Little Babies And Kev Well… Dead… I Don’t Think He Should Just Die In A Field… I Mean, No One Should Die In A Field 🙂 Him & Alice Should Become Friends THEN He Can Die… Of Natural Causes… =\
Don’t End The Story Yet!!! ♥ (then i would have nothing to do!)

Maybe…with Alice gone..he doesn’t know what to do anymore? After all, he did used to stalk her just to bother her. And he’d get wishes to bug her. Now that Alice can be her own person independent of Kev, where does that leave Kev?

I get the feeling that he feels blank or empty. Maybe unsure of what to do next. Kinda like…wandering around. Or maybe, “what now?”
lol
I don’t know, maybe it is death-related, but that’s not the feeling I got out of it completley. Although his age or his being at the end of his life could be effecting his mood or feelings too. :]

It isn’t like Kev to die in an empty field, he’d probably find a nice house, plop himself in their tub, then die… where he’d spend the rest of his ghostly days raiding the fridge to his heart’s content. XD How poetic.

While I really liked your earlier chapters, the last 5 or 6 have been pretty short and haven’t lasted long enough to capture the reader in the same way.

While I can see that you’re able to write well, these last ones have been a bit of a dissapointment. I’d love to see a bit more length in the chapters, switching back and forth between the characters to show their lives living out rather than one chapter Alice, one chapter Kev.

Am I the only one who wonders why Kev never joined the “criminal” career path? Well, I guess that would give him money and improve his life too much for this story – as well as potentially put him in jail where he couldn’t harrass Alice.

I personally think that kev is unable to go on now that his punching bag, alice has grown up, and his trait of hating kids is no longer an excuse. I think that he might be able to travel to the other town and become a beach bum, though.

I love this project you have going. This is probably the only thing on the net that I check almost obsessively.

Anyway, have you ever thought of making the screenshots and stills “clickable” to increase the size of the picture? I have a thing about details and it kind of bothers me that I can’t see what Kev’s thought bubble is a picture of.

well kev won’t just disappear but he is old and at some point he will die. I just worry that when he does the story will be over. If anything there will need to be closure on how alice lives the rest of her life…like a “happily ever after” post and even that would probably not be enough for me. I’m always sad at the end of a good story.

I zoomed in on the last screenshot using an editing tool to see what Kev is thinking about. I found it to be a globe. A little food for thought.I’ve read this series, loved it. Haven’t commented on it before now but it is just great. Have this site on my favorites.

which editing tool did you use? I’m curious as to what could zoom in that far without looking at a bunch of squares instead of a picture (I personally am trying to broaden my editing ability on certain programs)

Maybe he is going to the ruins: It is very beautiful there. If he is going to die, maybe Alice will find him and take him to the hospital, where she will stays with him until the end. I believe that even though her father was mean to her throughout her life, Alice will still be sad: She was said to be kind-hearted, tried to get along with him, and becomes emotional when they argue. He was the only one she had for so long: It has to make an impact.

Whilst I appreciate the fact that some people on this blog are giving genuine constructive criticism, may I just say ‘Roburky’ that this blog is THE ONLY blog I have ever found witty, soulful and entertaining enough to read every day. I hope you aren’t finding some peoples criticisms a little too critical as I have. I LOVE this blog. It’s the first thing I check online every morning and the last thing I check online at night. And yes, whilst that may officially make me a sims geek (whatever) my point is that you are doing an AMAZING job. Your images are beautiful and the story line is original, poignant and addictive. Keep up the good work, and if this does happen to be the beginning of the end of poor old Kev and Alice please keep us updated on your future projects. I am a HUGE fan.

*thinking about the same thing* He won’t end the story here, will he? Anyhow, under the pictures it still says “to be continued”. I hope that Robin at least tells us if the story is over 😥 (*just updated my own story*, wink wink ;D;D)

In TS2, you have a generalized aspiration (Family, Fortune, Knowledge, Pleasure, Popularity, Romance, or Grilled Cheese) and a lifetime want (like Marry Off 6 Children, or Become Business Tycoon, or Max out 7 Skills, or Have 50 1st Dates, or Have 20 Simultaneous Best Friends, or WooHoo with 20 different Sims, or Eat 200 Grilled Cheese Sandwiches).

So in TS2 terms, Kev’s lifetime want is to break 10 Sims’ hearts. I’m just wondering if TS3 has anything like the generalized aspirations and if it does, what Kev’s is.

The role of the aspirations in The Sims 2 has been taken by the personality traits in The Sims 3. The aspirations were always used like a generalised personality. The Sims 3 just does in much more specific terms, allowing each sim to be more unique.